HC Deb 01 May 1957 vol 569 c185
21. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the future of the Cameroons in view of the recent discussions at the United Nations Fourth Committee.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Her Majesty's Government's policy continues to be to administer the British Cameroons in accordance with the terms of the Trusteeship Agreement.

Mr. Brockway

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that that does not answer my Question? Would he be ready to urge that the problem of the Cameroons should be decided by plebiscite under the United Nations in which there should be the alternatives of unity, independence, association with the French Union or with Nigeria, as was done in the case of British Togoland?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Certainly not. I made it quite clear recently that, in my view, certain resolutions of the General Assembly relating to colonial problems were utterly unrealistic and unhelpful.

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